Roots/*h₁wes-mn̥h₁wes-mn̥“act of dwelling, a habitation”Widely accepteddwellingexistencewas, were, isDerivative from *h₁wes- "to dwell", yielding the copula: Old English wæs "was", wesan "to be", English was, were.Related Roots(s)kel-“to cover, to conceal, to shelter”bʰer-g-“to hide, to protect, to bury”bʰerǵ-“to hide, to protect”bʰew-“to be, to grow, to become”bʰew-mn̥-“growth, becoming, existence”bʰew-tó-“that which has grown, become”bʰorgʰ-“fortified high place, stronghold”dem-“house, household”related entrySee also: h1wes-mn etymology